| Description |
ix, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-342) and index. |
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"Books by William F. Buckley Jr.": pages 331-333. |
| Contents |
Life before National Review -- Forging the conservative movement -- Goldwater for president -- The raging sixties -- The long detour -- New directions -- Time to regroup -- The Reagan years -- New world order -- Passing the torch. |
| Summary |
Would there be an American conservative movement without William F. Buckley, Jr.? Perhaps. Would it be the robust, broad-based, politically dominant force that it is today? Almost certainly not. When he launched National Review in 1955, Buckley forged a powerful alliance among libertarians, traditionalists, anti-Communists, and other fractious factions of the right, focusing their attention on a single objective: to break the liberal stranglehold on America. Here, two longtime Buckley colleagues place his many accomplishments in their original contexts for a unique view of the man, the journal, and how they shaped the most important political and social movement of the last half century. -- From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008.
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Coyne, John R.
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| ISBN |
9780471758174 cloth alkaline paper |
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0471758175 cloth alkaline paper |
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